Combined rail chair and joint.



H. T. PARKS.

COMBINED RAlL @HMH AND JOINT.

APPLICATION rum) APR.

Patented Aug. 4, 1914.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed April 18, 1914. Serial No. 832,859.

To all -uf/mm it may concern.' y

lle it known that l, Hanni' T. Paints', a citizen of the United Statesof America., ie- `siding at Cuyahoga Falls, inthecounty of Summit andState of Ohio, have invented' certain .new and useful Improvements" inCombined Rail Chairs and Joints, of which the followingvis aspecification, reference beingD had therein :to the accompanying drawing. f

This invent-ionrelates'to a' combined rail chair and joint,'and Vhas forits object to provide a device vof such class, in a 'manner ashereinafter set forth, v.for not only supporting the bases of-a pair oftrack rails, ibut for further connectingxtlie `opposing ends ofthetrackirails together' without the enf playing of nuts aiidbolts, iatthe.same

,providing forthe necessary contraction and expansion of the trackrails, due-,to c'limatic conditions. v

Further objects of the invention are to provide .a combined rail chairand joint, which is simpleinits construction and arrangement,- strong,durable, eflicient and convement-in its.nse,rcadily -set up andcomparativelyinexpensive to manufacture.

'.VVith the: foregoing and. otherI objects in view, thelinventionconsists, of the Ynovel construction, combination and arrangement ofparts as hereinafter -inore specifically de- I scribed and illustratedin the accompanying drawings,l wherein is shown an embodiment l of theinvention, but lit, is to be understoodv that changes, variations andmodifications can be resorted to which come within the scope of theclaim hereunto appended.

In the drawings, wherein likegreference characters denote correspondingparts throughout the several viewsz-Fignre 1 is a side elevation of acombined rail chair and joint iii .accordance with this invention, Fig.2 is a. plan, partly in section, Fig. 3 is across sectional view, andFigull is a detail of thc removable .splice bar. v

vReferring to thed-rawings in detail, 5 and 6 denot/e apair of trackrails, which have" the ends.; thereoff opposing, .and each of saidrailszincludes a. headf7.web 8 and a base 9. Ther-.web-S of-each rail isprovided with aplura'lity-ofopenings 10.

The combined rail chair :aiidjointconsists of a chairplatevl1.1lia'-i'ing depending therefrom a Apair :of longitudinally disposedribs 12 and 13, constituting reinforcements for the plate 11 and whichare arranged between a pair of ties not shown. The chair plate has onelongitudinal marginal portion of its upper face providcdwvithv alongitudii'ially disposed and vertically extending flange 14, havingtheiiineij face thereof underc't 'c-, beveled as at 15., `The chairplate 11 has the' other longitudinal marginal portion of its upper faceprovided with a longitudinally disposed. vertically `extending flange16. The flanges 1% and 16 are of greater height than the baseS 9 of thetrack rails. The c hair plate ll'supports the bases 9 of track rails.

l-'c ed integral with a vportion of the inner face of the flange 16 isasplice bar 17, which opposes one` sidegof the websS of the track rails,engages the upper face of one-side of the bases of the track rails andabuts against the heads '7 of the track rails. The lfish plate1`7-isprovided on its inner face with integral-lugs 1S, which pro jectinto the openings '1 0 of the webs-8.

The reference character 19 denotes' a removable splicefpbar which isopposed against the other sides of the webs 8 of the trackIa-tented'-ug. 4, 1914.

rails, and vabuts against the heads 7 of the track rails and engages thebases. 9` of the track rails` face of the chair plate 11. Y The ontei ofthe extension v2O isbeveled as at 21'and furthermore provided with teeth22.

lVhen the track rails are mounted upon the chair` plate 11, thelongitudinal ledges 23 of the bases 9 are spaced from the inner side 24of' the flange 16 and the inner side 26 of the exteiisioi20.

To prevent thclongitiidinal shifting-,of the splice bar 19 with respectto the ciavir plate 11, a vertically disposed retaining The .fish plate19 has adependl ing extension 20, seating upon the vupper e ge' esAmember 27 is extended through the flange 15, beveled edge Q1 of the4extension 9-0 and the said member 27 has its lower endl bent at an'angle as :it Q8 to arrest upward ntnove nient of said member. The member27- is disposed at an angle` due to the 'factthat it `Yengages a.beveled wall of one of the teeth 22.

. That I clainipisz* A @Ombl'md nl11 Cba-ii, and Joint compris# ing achair plnte'having the longitudinal marginal. portions of the upper facethereof provided with verticallyextending longitudinally disposedflanges, one of said flanges harina' its inner-side undercut` a. s )liceoar iorined integral with the other of sa id flanges andcapableofahuttingagainst one Q Vmoms? Side ofw a pair of track mi logeintegral seid chair-'plate and having' its rower'eno with the inner faceof seid splice bar and capable of projecting into the Web of the trackrails, u removable Splicebar capable of engaging the other Side-s of thetrack rails and provided wth an extension Seated upon the upper aceofsaid chair plate, said extension' having lits outer edge beveled andopposing said undercut innerside, seid beveled edge of said extensionprovided with teeth, a vertically extending a-ngularly dis- I posedretaining member projecting through said undercut flange, saidbevelededge and bent to engage the lower face of said chair plate toarrest upward movementof said 'member2 and depending longitudinallyextending reinforcements integral with the lower l'acevof said V.chairplate.

In testimony' whereof I affix my signature in the presence of twoWitnesses.

, HARRY T., PARKS.

` Witnesses:

CrzAs.--R. GRAY, G. L. 'WILLIAMsf

